topotaxyn.
/ˈtɒpəʊtaksi/ Crystallography.
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topotaxy1959
1959 F. K. Lotgering in Jrnl. Inorganic & Nucl. Chem. IX. 123 We propose the term ‘topotaxy’ for all chemical solid state reactions that lead to a material with crystal orientations which are correlated with crystal orientations in the initial product [read substance].
1969 Nature 9 Aug. 609/1 Studies of the topotaxy of solid state precipitation from spinel crystalline solutions.
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topoˈtactic adj.
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topotactical1959
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1976 Nature 19 Aug. 721/1 Dislocations in molecular crystals..have been studied on the microscale chiefly with a view to establishing their role in..topotactic transformations.
topoˈtactical adj.
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1959 F. K. Lotgering in Jrnl. Inorganic & Nucl. Chem. IX. 115 For these reactions the name ‘topotactical reactions’..is proposed.
topoˈtactically adv.
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topotactically1959
1959 F. K. Lotgering in Jrnl. Inorganic & Nucl. Chem. IX. Pl. facing p. 120 Photo~micrographs of topotactically oriented Co0·5Zn0·1Z.
1982 Nature 22 Apr. 730/1 (caption) Electron micrograph of a fault~free β-phase grain, topotactically replacing faulted ring~woodite.
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